Payroll and Compensation Specialist with a focus on benefits, tax, and accounting | SEB, Stockholm

SEB Group

  • Stockholm
  • Permanent
  • Heltid
  • 19 dagar sedan
Do you want to work with payroll for our employees and contribute to shaping our compensation strategy to become the most attractive employer? We are now looking for a Payroll and Compensation Specialist with a focus on benefits, tax, and accounting to join our team based in Arenastaden.Since SEB was founded in 1856, our focus on customers and long-term relationships has been at the heart of our success. We aim to drive positive change by providing capital to help everyone reach their goals and accelerate progress towards a sustainable tomorrow. As a leading financial services group in northern Europe, we'll help you grow and empower you to take on more responsibility to create a real difference. Welcome to SEB.About the RoleYou will be part of the team responsible for delivering payroll to all employees in Sweden - currently, we process payroll for 10,000 employees. Our mission is to ensure that salaries and other compensations are paid out on time and with high quality. We are highly focused on improving and simplifying processes for managers and employees. Therefore, our role includes delivering clear results and driving automation and digitalization. You are expected to lead and participate in projects aimed at developing both existing and new ways of working to optimize our payroll delivery.In this role, you will provide advice on handling payroll-related matters, including daily operations, and ensure that processes are correctly set up according to collective agreements and legal requirements to process payroll and deliver necessary data. As part of our automation journey, you will focus on and lead initiatives to improve, develop, and simplify our processes from a process and systems perspective. Overall, the role involves splitting your time between managing monthly payroll and driving projects to develop our practices and processes related to benefits, tax, and accounting.You will collaborate closely with other specialists in Compensation & Benefits, Group Finance, HR IT, our colleagues in Global Services in Vilnius, and with our external providers of payroll and benefits systems.Compensation & Benefits is a group-wide function responsible for strategy, implementation, and payment. We have recently created an integrated unit that manages payroll across the full value chain. This transformation journey is supported by digital tools and automated processes, aiming to reduce administrative work and increase value creation.To thrive in this role, we believe you:
  • Need to share our commitment to simplicity, engagement, and collaboration.
  • Are driven, curious, and capable of developing your role and expertise in line with future needs.
  • Are analytical and able to solve problems and identify improvements in processes.
  • Enjoy working with process-oriented payroll management and have excellent skills in the Microsoft Office suite.
  • Are a certified payroll specialist and have at least five to seven years of experience working with advanced payroll matters, payroll systems, and interpreting collective agreements.
  • Enjoy working in projects, implementing processes based on new regulations, and applying problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
  • Preferably have experience in digitalization or project management.
  • Are comfortable working in English, as our work environment is international.
What we offer:
  • Entrepreneurial Scandinavian environment
  • Hybrid work model, meaning remote work is possible up to 2 days/week
  • International opportunities and working environment
  • Attractive compensation and access to SEB staff banking with exclusive benefits
Do you want to be part of SEB?It is our fundamental belief that inclusion and diversity is crucial for our future success. We strive to have an inclusive, value-driven culture where employees feel valued, respected, and involved irrespective of who they are, what they believe or where they come from.Since we select candidates continuously, feel free to send in your application today via the link in this ad, but no later than 5th of September. If you have questions about the position, please contact Head of Payroll Liesen Wargh, via mail , but we will not process applications via email.Please be aware that our final candidates undergo background checks, a process that includes for example identity control, verification of qualifications, credit checks, company engagements and criminal records checks. In some cases, we also apply random drug checks.SEB Sweden has a redeployment responsibility, why this position might be covered by internal redeployment.Learn more about working at SEB on our Career website or through our Career podcasts.

SEB Group